As the presidential oversight committee for the Bowl Championship Series began its meeting Tuesday afternoon on a proposed college football playoff system, a college athletes’ advocacy group called for the players to have some say in the lucrative plan.

“Our members are thrilled with the playoff announcement, which is by far the most fair and sporting way to determine a champion,” said Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players Association (NCPA), in a statement. “This is why we urge the BCS and NCAA to give the players a fair and sporting voice at the table.’’

As reported in the Sporting News Monday, the proposed playoff, put together by the conference commissioners last week to be voted on by the presidents, could generate as much as $5 billion over 10 years in television rights starting in 2014, nearly triple the current payout.

The schedule for Tuesday’s meeting at a hotel off Washington’s Dupont Circle was for the commissioners to present the proposal agreed upon in Chicago, take questions, then leave the 12-member presidents committee to consider it. A decision was not expected before late evening.

As Huma noted—and was obvious as members of both committees filed into the conference room—no players or athlete representatives were part of the discussion last week or this week.

“A four-team playoff is a win for college football, a win for the fans and a win for the NCAA, and we think it can be a win for the players as well,” Huma, the former UCLA linebacker who founded the NCPA in 2001, added in the statement. “The opportunities for collaboration between the NCAA and the NCPA are manifold. The sport cannot afford to continue to leave the players on the sidelines of these issues.’’